----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Story <mark.story@mail.ewu.edu> To: Pianotech@Ptg. Org <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Blüthner value > An elderly client passed away last week. Since I had taken care of her > Blüthner for several years, her daughter asked me to help them liquidate the > piano. I don't even have a clue of what this thing is worth. It is about 2 > meters and has the Patent action and the fourth string. It's an elegant old > thing, but its technical condition isn't very good. It has low pin torque > and the downbearing is marginal, at best. The fourth string is dead when it > changes to the auxiliary bridge. This is the only one of these types I have > worked on, so any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA > > > Mark Story. RPT > Eastern Washington University > Cheney, Washington > > Mark, You might contact Steve Brady. He is now not only an expert on piano evaluations, the past editor of the PTG Journal but also an enterprising part owner of a Bluthner dealership. Classical Grands Seattle, 206-297-6717, E-mail : pianos@classicalgrands.com You should hear some of the magnificent specimens in the store. Totally blew me away. We had our chapter meeting there last night and we discussed many aspects of the Bluthner design, including the fading fourth string typical evidently on the older models. Joseph Alkana RPT
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